Portsmouth pre-season: live coverage as Blues report back for training - who's there, who's not & number of triallists
The Blues have reported back for training with less than six weeks to go until their League One opener – with details of that and the rest of fixtures to be revealed on Thursday.
Manager Danny Cowley will be accompanied by the majority of the squad that finished 10th last season, with just the five loaness he had on board and the now departed Shaun Williams the only notable changes.
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Hide AdAiden O'Brien is yet to agree new terms with the Fratton Park club so it will be interesting to see if he is there.
We’ll keep our eyes peeled on that front and keep you up to date, too, on who else is there – with pre-season training often used to run the eye over triallists.
Our live coverage will also include a chat with Cowley at around 4pm, so stick around as we bring the latest from Pompey’s return to Roko.
Pompey pre-season return - LIVE
Key Events
- Pompey return to pre-season today
- Pre-season starts less than six weeks before season opener on Saturday, July 30
- Blues will know their opponents when fixtures are released on Thursday (9am)
Harness no.10
In the current drill, it appears Marcus Harness is operating as a number 10. He’s just collected the ball, turned and dinked it behind the defence.
Counter attack training
At the moment, the players are practicing their fast counter attacks by switching the ball from one side to the other and hitting diagonal passes
Crunching challenge
There’s no going easy today as Connor Ogilvie makes a crunching, sliding tackle to prevent an attacker sliding the ball into an empty net.